Soap powder dispenser attachment



7 Jan. 15, 1957 J. SHEFFLER SOAP POWDER DISPENSER ATTACHMENT Filed Sept.18, 1953 INVENTOR. 5 .Sf/f/FME United States Patent Q SOAP POWDERDISPENSER ATTACHMENT James Shefiier, Wilkinsburg, Pa.

Application September 18, 1953, Serial No. 380,958

2 Claims. (Cl. 222-80) This invention relates to a dispenser, and whileprimarily designed and intended for dispensing soap powder or soapflakes, it will be obvious that the device may be employed fordispensing any other granular materials and the like wherein it is foundto be applicable.

Important objects and advantages of the invention are to provide adispenser of the character described, which may be readily andconveniently attached to and removed from the conventional type of soappowder container, and which will minimize spillage of the soap powderfrom the container and allow a regular and steady flow of the soappowder from the container during the dispensing operations, and thuseliminate waste attending the dispensing of the soap powder from itscontainer in the usual manner.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, but it is to be understoodthat changes in the form, proportions and details of construction may beresorted to that come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is a side elevational view of a dispenser, constructed inaccordance with the invention, and illustrating its connection with acontainer for soap powder.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a front elevational View of the device in the open position.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the dispenser.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the device withparts thereof shown in the unformed positions.

The improved dispenser is designed for attachment to a conventional typeof soap powder box 1. The box is constructed of fairly stiff cardboard,and is provided with an opening flap 2 along an easy tear-line at theupper end of one side wall of the box to allow the removal of the soappowder from the box when the opening flap is severed along the easy-tearline.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the dispenser comprises an oblong,rectangularly-shaped casing 3, which conforms to the contour of the boxcorner provided with the opening flap 2, and which is designed tooverlap said box corner and to be removably attached to the latter.

The casing 3 is preferably constructed of sheet metal, and consists of afront wall 4, a pair of side walls, 5 and 6, and a top comprising aninner top section 7 and an outer top section 8. The outer top sectionflatly overlaps the inner top section, and is permanently secured to thelatter by means of a pair of spaced clips 9, or in any other suitablemanner.

The upper end of the front wall 4 is provided with a recess 10, which issubstantially semi-circular, and which registers with the opening in theside wall of the box 1 when the device is attached to the latter andwhen the opening flap 2 is severed along the easy tear-line in the usualmanner.

The top section 8 carries a clamp member 11, which latter is attached atthe front of the former and projects rearwardly beneath the inner topsection 7. The function of the clamp member is to clamp the opening flap2 in the open position against the under face of the box top, andfurther to aid in maintaining the device in position on the corner ofthe box 1. The clamp member is preferably formed with a downwardlycurved free end to facilitate the engagement of the clamp member withthe opening flap 2.

A vertically sliding door 12 is positioned flatly against the outer faceof the front wall 4, and is maintained in frictional engagement againstthe latter by a pair of elongated guides 13, which are stamped from thefront wall 4 and which overlap respective side edge margins of the door.The upward adjustment of the door in the guides will close the recess 10in the front wall 4 when the device is not in use. The upper end of thedoor is provided with a recess 14 to provide clearance for the clampmember 11 and thus allow the full closure of the recess 10 by the door.

The lower end of the door is provided with a grasping lug 15 tofacilitate the opening and closing adjustments of the door on the frontwall 4. A pair of stop elements 16 are carried by the front wall 4 tolimit the opening movement of the door and to prevent the removal of thelatter, from the front wall 4.

Each of the casing side walls 5 and 6 is formed with an elongatedvertically extending slit 17, which is open at its lower end to providea relatively narrow finger 18 at the rear of said side walls. The lowerfree ends of the fingers are turned inwardly toward each other and areshaped to form short sharp prongs 19. The fingers 18 are sufficientlyresilient to allow the prongs to pierce respective front and rear wallsof the box 1 to thereby secure the attachment of the dispenser to thebox in conjunction with the holding action afforded by the clampingmember 11.

It will be apparent that when the opening flap 2 is held in the openposition the contents of the box may be dispensed in a regularcontrolled flow without waste, and that when the door 12 is in theclosed position the contents of the box cannot spill from the box whenthe latter topples over and the like.

The present invention provides a most eflicient device of its kind,which may be economically constructed and successfully employed for thepurposes and in the manner herein set forth.

What I claim is:

1. A dispenser for granular material from a box provided with an openingflap, comprising, in combination, a casing mounted on a corner of thebox and being formed with a recess registering with the opening flap, adoor frictionally mounted on said casing and being vertically adjustableto open and to cover said recess, means carried by said casing forlimiting the adjusting movement of said door on said casing, a clampingmember carried by said casing for holding the opening flap in the openposition, and a pair of prongs carried by said casing and piercing thebox for maintaining said casing in position on the box.

2. A dispenser for granular material from a box having an opening flapat the upper end of a side wall thereof, comprising, in combination, acasing mounted on a corner of the box and including a top and a frontwall and a pair of side walls, said front wall provided with an openingregistering with the opening flap, a door fric- Patented Jan. 15, 1957'.

tidiially supported on 'said' from wall being vertically ad justable' toopen' "and-to coversai'd' opening in"sa'id" front" wall, and a clampingmember carried by said top and projecfing rearwa dly beneath said topfor engaging the ope ifi'ng :fidpand" go 'h'o'ld' the f lat'e'rii i'theqg'eh" pdsififiii 5 wlienih' tas'iiig is moiifited in pb'sitidnbnih'ebox? References Cited in file of this patent Burgener Feb. 11, 1936Edwards Mar. 3, 1953 Pelton Aug. 25, 1953 Russell Apr. 13, 1954

